Demo Update - 28.04.2025

[h2]Dear Tankers![/h2]

[h3]Developers Stream[/h3]

Today, we will launch a dev stream here on Steam at ~18:00 CEST (UTC +2). We will show gameplay from one of the missions from the demo. We will try to show the basics of how to play the game, what the basic mechanisms are, how they work and what the gameplay is like. Make sure to check it out.

[h3]Full game release status[/h3]

Full game of the Tank Squad is actually under Steam review. After positive approval we will be ready to announce the premiere date. We hope to be able to do it soon.

[h3]What can you expect in updated demo?[/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2622470/Tank_Squad_Demo

Basically better optimisation, less bugs, some new missions. Generally speaking we did and are still doing lots of improvements over asset optimization. From landscapes, environments to content. Compared to previous version of the demo you should notice huge improvements in that subjects.

For those who update the demo, after downloading the new update make sure to check-out game settings and apply new settings. Just to make sure anything wrong is not applied.



Regarding content, we have replaced some missions that we feel show the game better. Outskirts of Morton was a tech demo and actually a first mission that we really pushed the game mechanics forward and had a sandboxes to test, to play with. Once we jumped and continue to develop missions from the campaign, the scale of the battles changed a lot in terms of reception. There are missions with longer gameplay, further distances where there is an enemy hidden and also more fast, more driven scenarios like Morton. So it is diverse.

We are treating this update like some kind of a beta test before the full game release. Make sure to join our Discord and raport there or over the game (yes, we have added a Bug Reporter as well) to share feedback with us. Game at the beginning will ask (its not forced) but to share with us a player.log. That store crucial informations about crashes, null refs, any potential, hard to guess issues that might broke a game for you. It will help us to faster fix the issues.



Game modes:

• Campaign (single player and cooperative)
  
• Skirmish missions (single player and in cooperative)
  

Missions:

• German Campaign Demo
  
  • Road to Prokhorovka (from German Campaign)
    
  • Steppe Mortar Rampage
    
  • Ribbentropp Platoon
    
  
  
  
• Skirmishes
  
  • Road to Prokhorovka
    
  • Outskirst of Morton
    
  • Morton Defence
    
  • Pokrovka
    
  • Steppe Mortar Rampage
    
  • Ribbentropp Platoon
    

These missions can be played as a demo campaign and as a skirmish scenario. Both in single player mode and cooperative mode with up to 4 friends.

Vehicles

• PzBfWg VI Tiger Ausf. E (Commander Tank)
  
• PzKpfw VI Ausf. H1 "Tiger I"
  
• PzKpfw VI Ausf. E "Tiger I"
  
• PzKpfw IV Ausf. H
  
• PzKpfw III Ausf. M
  
• KV-1 (only playable when you take it over after as a wreck after battle during campaign mode)
  
• T34-76 (only playable when you take it over after as a wreck after battle during campaign mode)
  
• T-70 (only playable when you take it over after as a wreck after battle during campaign mode)
  

We look forward to your feedback. Check out our discord where you can share your suggestions and find other players willing to play coop!

[h3]Regions[/h3]

In terms of regions, the game runs on the Photon Fusion engine. We tested with our community members whether it was possible to play in Chinese regions. Unfortunately, we were not able to connect to the ‘Mainland China’ region. However, we were able to connect with people from China for the region e.g. Asia, whose server is located in Singapore.

For this reason, as long as we cannot use this region, it has been blocked in the game. All players from China will be connected to the nearest server/region - Asia. Therefore, it will be possible to play together with players all over the world.



[h3]Censored vs Not-censored version of the game[/h3]

We operate two game deposits. So that we don't make the same mistake as with Tank Mechanic Simulator. The game in German is censored. This is required by Steam, without this it will not be possible to release the game in Germany. So, any graphics, names that are not likely to be visible when the game is launched in the German version will be censored.

In Tank Mechanic Simulator, we had some markings e.g. medals or in the museum there were flags with some sign of luck. After 5 years after the launch we had to remove this. Fortunately there is a Steam Workshop available.

We as DeGenerals S.A. does not support any kind of totalitarian ideologies nor totalitarian systems such as National Socialism, Communism etc. This game only shows history as it is. History about tanks, their famous tank commanders and crew. Nothing more.

[h3]Steam Wargames Fest[/h3]
Our game will take part in an event organised by Steam called Wargaming Fest. The festival runs from 28 April to May 5, 2025

Thank you and have a good one!
DeGenerals